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35Fordpickup · 05-20-2022, 05:14 PM

I am working on the grill for my 35 pickup that appears to have been used to bulldoze a fence at the lower crossbar. Can anyone tell me if it should be straight along the front edge?

John

mercman from oz · 05-20-2022, 05:22 PM

35Fordpickup asks if this edge needs to be straight?

mercman from oz · 05-20-2022, 05:35 PM

1935 Ford Pick-Up Truck Grille. Don't know if this picture helps?

nelsb01 · 05-20-2022, 05:46 PM

I can tell that you have a 'whiskey stop' grille.
The owner spent time at the local watering hole and after a few too many whiskeys, used the grille to stop once he got home.

But seriously, the metal of the grille is pretty strong and you can really pound on it without creating damage (not counting the damage already done). My body shop guy showed me where to pound and I started to. He stopped me after about 4 hits and proceeded to take the hammer --- and then really wailed on it. I wasn't hitting it hard enough he said.
Just be careful around the grille bars or you will have to weld in new ones.

CA Victoria · 05-20-2022, 09:50 PM

The grill bars can be used as tell tales to denote if the edge where the connect is not straight they cannot be aligned.

35Fordpickup · 05-21-2022, 08:47 AM

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Thanks for the replies. Mercman's picture (and others I have seen online) appear to show that the grill should be straight along that edge. There is a slight bulge on the outside of that area which seems to indicate that the "kink" needs to be stretched to remedy the bulge as well. Now to figure out how to stretch that area vertically but not sideways........

John

05-20-2022, 05:22 PM	#2
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 10,481	Re: 35 Pickup grill 35Fordpickup asks if this edge needs to be straight?

05-20-2022, 05:35 PM	#3
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 10,481	Re: 35 Pickup grill 1935 Ford Pick-Up Truck Grille. Don't know if this picture helps?

05-20-2022, 05:46 PM	#4
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 638	Re: 35 Pickup grill I can tell that you have a 'whiskey stop' grille. The owner spent time at the local watering hole and after a few too many whiskeys, used the grille to stop once he got home. But seriously, the metal of the grille is pretty strong and you can really pound on it without creating damage (not counting the damage already done). My body shop guy showed me where to pound and I started to. He stopped me after about 4 hits and proceeded to take the hammer --- and then really wailed on it. I wasn't hitting it hard enough he said. Just be careful around the grille bars or you will have to weld in new ones. Last edited by nelsb01; 05-20-2022 at 09:57 PM.

05-20-2022, 09:50 PM	#5
CA Victoria Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,133	Re: 35 Pickup grill The grill bars can be used as tell tales to denote if the edge where the connect is not straight they cannot be aligned. __________________ Tim Downtown, Ca

05-21-2022, 08:47 AM	#6
35Fordpickup Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 16	Re: 35 Pickup grill Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for the replies. Mercman's picture (and others I have seen online) appear to show that the grill should be straight along that edge. There is a slight bulge on the outside of that area which seems to indicate that the "kink" needs to be stretched to remedy the bulge as well. Now to figure out how to stretch that area vertically but not sideways........ John